1. (noun)stock the capital raised by a corporation through the issue of shares entitling holders to an ownershipinterest (equity)
"he owns a controlling share of the company's stock"
2. (noun)stock, inventory the merchandise that a shop has on hand "they carried a vast inventory of hardware"; "they stopped selling in exact sizes in order to reduce inventory"
4. (noun)stock certificate, stock a certificate documenting the shareholder's ownership in the corporation "the value of his stocks doubled during the past year"
5. (noun)store, stock, fund a supply of something available for future use
"he brought back a large store of Cuban cigars"
6. (noun)lineage, line, line of descent, descent, bloodline, blood line, blood, pedigree, ancestry, origin, parentage, stemma, stock the descendants of one individual "his entire lineage has been warriors"
7. (noun)breed, strain, stock a specialvariety of domesticated animals within a species "he experimented on a particular breed of white rats"; "he created a new strain of sheep"
8. (noun)broth, stock liquid in which meat and vegetables are simmered; used as a basis for e.g. soups or sauces
"she made gravy with a base of beef stock"
9. (noun)stock the reputation and popularity a person has
"his stock was so high he could have been elected mayor"
10. (noun)stock, caudex persistent thickened stem of a herbaceous perennialplant
11. (noun)stock a plant or stem onto which a graft is made; especially a plant grown specifically to provide the rootpart of grafted plants
12. (noun)stock, gillyflower any of several Old World plants cultivated for their brightly colored flowers
25. (verb)stock, buy in, stock up amass so as to keep for future use or sale or for a particularoccasion or use
"let's stock coffee as long as prices are low"
26. (verb)stock provide or furnish with a stock of something
"stock the larder with meat"
27. (verb)sprout, stock put forth and grow sprouts or shoots
"the plant sprouted early this year"
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